Ta dah! ..... Listening time!

Look what I've found on the Internet! These are exactly the same Listening exams we've been doing in class.

Class Listening

Class Listening 2

And here you've got two more!  And remember that the Listening exam is just around the corner...

Enjoy :)

Listening Practise 1

Listening Practise 2

Listening Practise 3

Listening Time!

Here's a very useful webpage with several links to improve your listening skills:

Listenings

Grammar exercises. Pages 14 and 15 of the workbook (answer key)

Exercise 2 page 14:

1. I bought a cup of coffee while I was waiting for the train.
2. Sally went to a party last night and had a great time.
3. Did you visit Buckingham Palace when you were in London?
4. We didn't hear the doorbell because we were sleeping at nine o'clock last night.
5. I dropped my iPod as I was riding my bike.

Exercise 3 page 14:

1. When did the supermarket open?
2. Were you at the meeting last night?
3. What were you doing at eight o'clock last night?
4. How was Sue's performance?

Exercise 4 page 14:

1. a
2. b
3. b
4. a

Exercise 7 page 15:

1. What time did your train leave Victoria Station?
2. Last summer, my family didn't go camping because the weather was bad.
3. When I was a child, I lived in Ireland for two years.
4. I was playing on the computer while my parents were unpacking our bags.
5. By the time we arrived, everyone had left.

Reading page 10 of the Workbook--> ANSWER KEY

Exercise 1:
     

1. a

Exercise 3:

1. It's true because: "the Japanese believe that personality traits can be matched with one's blood type..."
2. It's true because: "... type B blood was common in Asia but rare amongst people in the West".
3. It's false because: "... findings to support their ridiculous claim that..."
4. It's  false because: "...dispel this theory and began investigating blood types."

Exercise 4:
aware
rare
fairly

Exercise 5:

1. One matches personality traits to blood types and the other astrological signs with personality.
2. Because in a lot of countries the majority of people share only two types of clood type, so it is not interesting.

Exercise 6:

1. matched.
2. initially
3. ridiculous
4. calm
5. even

DAILY ACTIVITIES

Have you heard of picture dictionaries?

They are dictionaries in which the definitions of the word appear in the form of a picture or a photograph.

This is a good example:

Picture dictionaries: Daily activities

Reading practise--> Guy Fawkes

This is the exercise we did in class. I'm attaching it just in case you lost the copy or you miss the lesson...

Guy Fawkes Reading

Guy Fawkes Reading (Answer Key)

Grammar time! Tense revision

Hope you are having a good weekend! Below you can find an exercise to practise the tenses seen in class!

Good luck!

Past simple, past continuous and past perfect